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On January 20, 2017 Apple filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm at the Southern District Court of California. In the lawsuit, Apple accused Qualcomm of breach of contract, violation of unfair competition laws and requested judgement on royalty rate it must pay for Qualcomm’s standard essential patents. (SEPs) Since Apple’s initial legal lawsuit, both companies filed additional lawsuits in different jurisdictions and the dispute grew into a full scale patent licensing war.
This article provides summary and analysis of the licensing dispute between Apple Inc. and Qualcomm Inc.

In September 2014, the Government of India (GOI) launched the ‘Make-in-India’ program to encourage multinational and domestic companies to manufacture their products in India, with the objective of attracting capital and technological investment in India. Within a year, by August 2015, GOI had received US$17 billion worth of proposals from foreign and homegrown companies for manufacturing electronics in India.

Amazon has launched Amazon Prime Music in the UK, bringing a catalogue of more than one million songs to the country’s Amazon Prime subscribers. The UK launch comes a full year after the service debuted in the US and will allow access to songs without an increase in their subscription cost. Amazon’s existing digital music retail and storage offers are integrated into the new service. While existing users will receive the service, the limited catalogue of available content will limit the impact of Prime Music on existing music services in the UK.

Apple has made its long expected entry into the on-demand subscription music market with the launch of Apple Music: a premium only service with plans starting at $9.99/month for personal plans and $14.99/month for the family plan in the US. Apple Music will be available as a free trial for the first three months.
Unlike its App Store policy, Apple Music launches with differential pricing based on geography and is available for much lower prices in less developed markets.
In contrast to its App Store policy, Apple Music launches with differential pricing based on geography and is available for much lower prices in less developed markets.

Apple reported its results first the first calendar quarter of 2013. Operational metrics remains strong while financial performance slipped very slightly.IHS believes Apple has four assets that will deliver sustainable differentiation in the future, notab